US, Europe should shoulder half of climate fix: study
An equitable fix to climate change would assign the US almost three times the effort of cutting carbon dioxide output as China, which in 2006 became the biggest emitter, research by the Stockholm...
View ArticleClimate Fix That’s Fair Assigns U.S. Three Times Chinese Effort
A fair climate fix would assign the U.S. almost three times the effort of cutting carbon dioxide output as China, which in 2006 became the biggest emitter, research by the Stockholm Environment...
View ArticleChina, US step up climate change cooperation
Senior officials from China and the United States, the world's two largest economies and greenhouse gases emitters, agreed on Friday to intensify their cooperation on climate change. "On the basis of...
View ArticleChina, US pledge joint climate change action
China and the US, the world’s two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, pledged to cooperate in addressing climate change amid stalled international talks on protecting the environment. The two nations...
View ArticleCanberra eyes carbon pact for all nations at UN climate talks
AUSTRALIA has moved to inject momentum into the latest round of international negotiations to cut global emissions, amid increasing signs of divisions over the future of the Kyoto Protocol and whether...
View ArticleChina's Climate Policy Will Not Be Deterred By EU Carbon Crisis, Official Says
Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Reform and Development Commission (NDRC), speaks at the 2nd Annual Global Green Business Summit in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (Qilai...
View ArticleChina proposes emissions cap for first time
The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first...
View ArticleChina ready for legally binding climate deal
FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor in Durban DURBAN 2011:�CHINA HAS raised the stakes in the game of "climate poker" being played here by yesterday affirming publicly and for the first time that it...
View ArticleObama's envoy for climate change casts doubt on Kyoto protocol
Todd Stern hints progress at climate talks in South Africa may stall with insistence on limits on greenhouse gas emissions The US special envoy for climate change Todd Stern (right) and Mexican...
View ArticleChina rules out new climate 'regime', setting up US conflict
China, India, South Africa and Brazil say a climate agreement expected to take effect in 2020 won't be a "new regime," potentially setting up a confrontation with the United States, which is seeking...
View ArticleEU berates United States and China for blocking climate talks
Durban, South Africa - Tempers flared Wednesday over the glacial pace of progress in climate talks taking place in Durban, with the European Union berating the United States and China for blocking the...
View ArticleChina to Complete Climate Change Law Draft in Two Years
China plans to draw on the experience of seven regional carbon markets as it drafts new national legislation in one or two years, according to the country’s lead climate negotiator. The nation, the...
View ArticleEU berates United States, China for blocking climate talks
Tempers flared Wednesday over the glacial pace of progress in climate talks taking place in Durban, with the European Union berating the United States and China for blocking the way forward. "What is...
View ArticleJapan Lures Toshiba to Help Curb Carbon
Japan is planning a series of bilateral technology-transfer agreements to offset its greenhouse gases, another step away from the international treaty signed in 1997 to limit emissions worldwide. The...
View ArticleDurban's 11th-hour breakthrough
AS climate change talks threatened to splutter to a shambolic finale in Durban yesterday, the grandly titled United Nations Conference of Parties was being unkindly renamed Cop Flop 17. The phrase --...
View ArticleTop polluters oppose binding deal
Durban - The world's three biggest polluters - China, the United States and India - refused to move towards a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions on Tuesday, increasing the risk that...
View ArticleBan pleads for Kyoto in warning of climate deadlock
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned climate talks on Tuesday that failure to overcome deadlock placed the world in peril, and begged countries to spare the endangered Kyoto Protocol. "Without exaggeration, we...
View ArticleMonaco’s Prince Albert Joins Climate Talks as EU Voices Concern on China
The European Union voiced the first sign of discord at United Nations climate talks as Monaco’s Prince Albert II and Ethiopian President Melez Zenawi join envoys working on a plan to fight global...
View ArticleFull text of Joint U.S.-China Statement on Climate Change
BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A joint U.S.-China statement on climate change was issued on Saturday. The full text is as follows: Joint U.S.-China Statement on Climate Change The United States of...
View ArticleClimate talks in stalemate as leaders, ministers arrive in Durban
Durban, South Africa - Heads of state or top officials from more than 190 countries were to start arriving Monday for the second week of United Nations talks on climate change. But if the results of...
View ArticleClimate talks in extra time after row over draft deal
DURBAN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks stalled after a rebellion by developing states most at risk from global warming, forcing host South Africa to push the conference into extra time on Saturday in...
View ArticleAnother climate summit, another chance goes up in smoke
The chance of a binding new climate deal involving the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, China, the United States and India, looked increasingly unlikely as the UN climate conference in Durban...
View ArticleChina, others reject new climate 'regime' in clash with US
China, India, South Africa and Brazil said a climate agreement expected to take effect in 2020 won't be a “new regime,” potentially setting up a confrontation with the US, which is seeking to...
View Article"Big Three" polluters oppose binding climate deal
Durban, South Africa: The world's three biggest polluters China, the United States and India refused to move toward a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions Tuesday, increasing the risk...
View ArticleChina Sets Up U.S. Conflict by Ruling Out New Climate ‘Regime’
China, India, South Africa and Brazil said a climate deal planned for 2020 won’t be a “new regime,” threatening confrontation with the U.S. which wants to eliminate a firewall between developed and...
View ArticleBig 3 polluters reject climate deal
Durban - The world's three biggest polluters China, the US and India refused to move toward a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions on Tuesday, increasing the risk that climate talks...
View ArticleJoint U.S.-China Statement on Climate Change (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) The United States of America and the People's Republic of China recognize that the increasing dangers presented by climate change measured against the inadequacy of...
View ArticleUS and China to extend co-operation in effort to curb climate change
New initiatives announced in Washington by both countries – who jointly account for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions Kerry delivers opening remarks at the US and China Strategic and Economic Dialogue...
View ArticleChina and US hold the key to a new global climate deal
The world's two biggest emitters face political problems that will make the talks for the next few years difficult Connie Hedegaard and Xie Zhenhua talk during the last day of the Doha climate talks....
View ArticleJoint China-US Statement on Climate Change
BEIJING - A joint U.S.-China statement on climate change was issued on Saturday. The full text is as follows: Joint U.S.-China Statement on Climate Change The United States of America and the People's...
View ArticleUS-China carbon pact may shift global action
(Gerard Wynn is a Reuters market analyst.) Growing bilateral cooperation between the United States and China to curb carbon emissions may lead to a shift in action towards voluntary national policy and...
View ArticleKyoto Veterans Say Global Warming Goal Slipping Away
The only three living diplomats who have led the United Nations global warming talks said there’s little chance the next climate treaty will prevent the world from overheating. The specific goal, to...
View ArticleBeijing 'flexible' in global climate talks amid smog concerns at home
Beijing intends to be "flexible" in UN global climate talks, the country's top negotiator said yesterday, while adding that getting rich nations to keep pledges to fund mitigation steps by poorer...
View ArticleChina 'flexible' on climate talks but rich nation funding is key: top...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will be "flexible" in U.N. talks for a new global climate change deal, but the key to progress is getting rich nations to keep pledges to fund mitigation steps by poorer...
View ArticleClimate pioneers see little chance of avoiding dangerous global warming
The sun is setting on efforts to curb carbon emissions in time to avoid significant climate disruption. Photo: Reuters The only three living diplomats who have led the United Nations global warming...
View ArticleChina Says Funding Key in Climate Change Talks
William Ide BEIJING — China said it is willing to take a flexible approach at global climate change talks scheduled for later this month in Poland. In the talks, representatives from 190 countries...
View ArticleChina and US grow closer to agreement on climate change action
Differences between Beijing and Washington have plagued international discussions of global warming since the UN climate treaty was established in 1992, contributing to the foundering of the 2009...
View ArticleU.S. and China Find Convergence on Climate Issue
WARSAW — Discord and rivalry between Beijing and Washington have factored in international discussions of global warming since the United Nations climate treaty was established in 1992, contributing...
View ArticleChina, India step up calls for rich nation action on climate change
China and India stepped up pressure on rich nations to move first on fighting global warming, saying the countries that industrialized first are most to blame for rising temperatures. Speaking at...
View ArticlePollution Pact From China to India Shows Rift: Carbon & Climate
China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change. The two countries...
View ArticleChina to complete draft of climate change law in two years
China plans to draw on the experience of seven regional carbon markets as it drafts new national legislation in one or two years, according to the country's senior climate negotiator. The nation, the...
View ArticleChina agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016
The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first...
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